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Joy ride: The delight in owning affordable Kiwi classic cars

Owners whose enthusiasm for old cars defies modern conventions like comfort & performance.

Listener contributing writer Donna Chisholm recognised in New Year’s Honours

Read the work of veteran magazine journalist made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit.

The Listener 2025 collection: Our green challenges

Protecting the planet: The Listener's 2025 top environment, nature & science stories.

Racing a deadline: Fears are emerging for the future of greyhounds

A transition plan for the end to greyhound racing in New Zealand has yet to emerge.

New Zealand’s honours system: does it need a polish up?

Paul Little looks at our honours system and whether it merits a polish up.

2025’s Dubious Achievement Awards

Forget 'excellence', we're here saluting the dipsticks and dropkicks of the year.

Old Dagg, new flick: John Clarke’s genius on film

Lorin Clarke follows her memoir about her father John Clarke with a documentary.

Potato salad, ambrosia and lots of summer fruit: What a “non-diet” nutritionist eats at Christmas

Listener nutritionist Jennifer Bowden shares what will be on the menu this festive season.

Why is NZ losing its mind over Ikea? Because even in a recession, we need something to sit on

Cost-of-living crisis? Never mind—there’s a couch at the end of the motorway queue.

Listener weekly quiz: December 3

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Steve Braunias at the Whakaari/White Island inquest: The heroism and horror that haunts survivors

The Whakaari/White Island inquest hears of stories courage and chaos amid disaster.

Redeveloped Toi Tauranga Art Gallery now open: I’m quite overwhelmed with what we have achieved’

After major overhaul, Tauranga Art Gallery reopens with a fresh, inclusive vision.

Listener weekly quiz: November 26

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Appalling, incomprehensible and baffling: Experts react to proposed sow crate law change

‘Science summary’ contradicting animal welfare advisory agency used to justify law change.

Tāme Iti: ‘I’m not a troublemaker. I’m not a gangster… I’m only five foot three'

Tāme Iti on the art of protest, politics, pōtae and his new book, Mana.

Listener weekly quiz: November 19

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